Saint George College Website

19.12.17

At St George
Catholic College we constantly strive to keep all your children as safe as
possible.

Whilst accepting
that the use of new technologies is now common place and although most of our
students use their mobile phones in a sensible way, we now believe that in
order to ensure that no student is subjected to any acts of cyber bullying,
sexting, sending or receiving inappropriate pictures/information whilst on site,
the following will now be implemented.

From Monday 8th January 2018 the use of mobile phones /
digital devices will be banned during the school day. They must be kept in the student’s
school bag at all times.

Thismeans that all students will not be allowed
to use their mobile phone / digital devices at all on the school site at any
time and for any purpose. This includes
break and lunchtimes.

We do understand
that you may feel that your child is safer carrying a mobile phone to and from
school. However, it must be switched off throughout the school day, including
break time and lunchtime:

·08:40 till 16:00. If students needs
to contact their parents within the school day, they may go to reception or
talk to their Progress Leader.

Please do not ring
your child during the school day. If you need to contact your child, please
ring reception and a message will be passed on.

Should a student be
seen with his / her mobile phone / digital device on site, then it will be
confiscated and placed in the school safe. On the first instance your son /
daughter will be able to collect their phone at the end of the day from the
office. If this happens again, parents will be invited to come to school to
collect it at the end of the day. Should this reoccur, the device will be
confiscated again and you will be invited to a meeting.

Failure to comply
with this rule will fall under the refusal to follow the college’s rules and
will be dealt with under the behaviour policy.

The misuse of mobile
phones and other digital devices can put students at risk and can trigger interventions
from the police.

We hope you will
support us in our efforts to keep all our students safe and happy whilst at
school.

12.9.17

It is with great pleasure we write
this introductory letter to you as the new leaders of Saint George.We have had a really positive start to the
new College year with another record breaking set of GCSE results, the best
ever for the college at 76% 4-9 (A*-C) in Maths & English and on the new
measure of 51% 5-9 (A*-B). An indication of the positive impact we have on our
students is the stunning predicted Progress 8 score of +0.3 which in essence
means on average every child did better by a third of a grade than they should
have done in eight of their subjects.The last three years have seen our results improve year on year and we
continue to rank amongst the best schools nationally for progress and
attainment as one of the top two performing schools in Southampton.We would like to thank all our students,
staff, parents and governors for all the hard work they put into realising this
achievement against increasingly challenging criteria being set by the
government each year.Our challenge for
the year ahead is to keep this positive momentum going.

This outstanding achievement is only
part of our success story. The College is now oversubscribed in a number of
year groups and we start the year with 800 students on roll, mixed in every
year group. Two new classrooms for Geography and Languages have been built to
accommodate the expansion of the College. The next phase of development will be
the long awaited new Science and Technology block. We are now in the final stages
of the design phase with building works due to start in January 2018.

The College has a spring in it its
step as it continues to move forward from the two “Outstanding” judgements
achieved in the Local Authority inspection last year and the recent Diocesan
inspection in the summer term. We have a great deal to celebrate and we are
determined to continue to build on this success; a message we have given to all
of our students in their first assemblies of the new school year.

We look forward to working together
to encourage our students to strive to make the most of every opportunity and
achieve the very best standard possible.

Please can we ask that you help by
making sure that the students have their planners signed weekly, and that the
whole school agreements are also signed on page 14 & 15. The planner has information about the topic
students are studying in each lesson so that hopefully you can keep up with
their lessons and have conversations at home about their learning journey.Thanks in anticipation for your help with
this initiative.

Hopefully your child will have
informed you about our forthcoming Open Evening at the College on Thursday 5th
October 2017.As usual the College
will close at 12.20 pm to prepare for the evening.A large number of students will be asked to
stay through to the evening to help with the event.The bus companies have been informed of the
changes and will be available at 12.20 pm.

We would also like to take this
opportunity to remind you of a number of forthcoming events:

Finally, we would like to thank you
and our students for their excellent start to the term.The uniform is the best that we can remember,
the attitude and atmosphere around the College is terrific, making it a real
pleasure to be part of the Saint George Catholic College Community.

4.9.17

Our GCSE results this August are well above predicted levels and place us among the highest achieving secondary schools in Hampshire.

With 76% gaining 4-9 and 51% 5-9 in English and Maths, the results are our best ever and our provisional progress of +0.32 is predicted to place us in the top 5% of schools nationally.84% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in Maths and 80% in English.EBACC 30% 4 - 9EBACC 23% 5 - 9Congratulations to all our students!

29.6.17

19.6.17

Further to my previous communication in March this year when
I informed you that Graham Wilson, our Headteacher, was leaving St George,I am delighted to update you on the progress
to replace him whilst maintaining continuity and minimizing any upheaval during
transition.

It is with great pleasure that I am able to tell you about
an exciting opportunity for the future of St George and for Catholic secondary
education in Southampton.

The Governors of St George and the Diocese of Portsmouth
have approached the Governors and Trustees of St Anne’s Catholic School and
Sixth Form College to develop a new role of Executive Headteacher in providing
strategic leadership to each school through a joint partnership alliance.We have agreed the terms of our co-operation
in principal to enable us both to communicate this exciting news whilst the
final details between our Governing Bodies are being drafted.

The proposal would mean that Lyn Bourne, currently Headteacher
of St Anne’s would take on this role and she would therefore be sharing her
time 50/50 between both school sites.A
new Head of School would be appointed internally at each school to have the
day-to-day responsibility for the running of St George and St Anne’s
respectively.

It is important to note that the two schools would remain
separate institutions, continuing to develop their own distinctive character with St Anne’s remaining
under the Trusteeship of the LSU Community and St George, the Diocese of
Portsmouth.

The final details are currently being discussed by both
Governing Bodies and this will be concluded on a timely basis.Please be assured that the best interests of
our students continue to be the first consideration at all times and any
decisions will be made accordingly.

If you have any questions/comments, please do not hesitate
to contact me.

16.2.17

Southampton 10th Anniversary Celebrate Weekend 2017

The Southampton team are looking forward to welcoming you to,
this, our 10th anniversary Southampton Celebrate Weekend. Following last
year’s successful event, we will again be at St. George Catholic
College. We have a great line-up of speakers who will challenge and
enrich us, together with great Praise & Worship, daily Mass and
Prayer Ministry. The wonderful Steve Murray will once again be sharing
his talents with us.

The theme this year is: “Seek First His Kingdom” Matt. 6:33 (NIV)Speakers confirmed so far are Michelle Moran, president of ICCRS
(International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services), and Gary Stephens
from the Prince of Peace Community.

31.1.17

SEN InspectionPlease visit our Letters page to download a letter to parents concerning the inspection of Local Authority schools for SEN provision.St. George will not be visited
during the inspection, however, parents and carers can contribute their
views. The attached letter provides details of the different ways that
this can be done.view page

13.1.17

St George celebrated its most successful year for achievement with both our attainment and progress making us one of the most successful schools in the country. This was further confirmed by our recent Local Authority Inspection which graded us outstanding in all areas.

The college continues to strengthen with more than 400 families choosing St George as a preference for admission in 2017, with over 200 being their first preference. This has been a long term project; ten years ago first preferences were 50 students for 150 spaces. I would like to pay tribute to the governors, staff and students who have all worked hard and believed in the transformation of St George.